"Pope Benedict XVI to commemorate the
shipwreck of St. Paul," article on pope's visit to Malta in the April 2010
edition of The Western New York Catholic.

Contributed six articles on Maltese cities to The City and Urban Life,
to be published by M.E. Sharpe. Articles contributed were "History of
Maltese Cities," "Melita," "Mdina," "Rabat," "Valletta," and "Birkirkara."

Introduction to reprint of Gerald Forton's A History of the Diocesan Labor College of Buffalo, New York, 1939-59, Fordham University, 2008.

Contributed "Women of
Malta and War," for Encyclopedia of Women and War, published by ABC-CLIO (2005).

Contributed four chapters to American Decades: Primary Sources, published by Gale Research (2004). Chapters on Religion in the
United States in the 1910s, 1920s, 1980s, and 1990s.

"The Jesuits," Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia, published by ABC-CLIO (2003).

Papers presented at academic conferences

Organized and chaired the
panel entitled "Before
Buffalo: John Timon's Early Ministry" on January 6, 2017 at the joint meeting of the
American Catholic Historical Association/American Historical Association in
Denver, CO.

Chaired the panel entitled "Catechism, Missals, and Papal
Pronouncements" on January 7,
2017 at the joint meeting of the American Catholic Historical
Association/American Historical Association in Denver, CO.

Presented talk entitled "The
Catholic Church in the Modern World" for the Be the Light Youth Theology Institute on July 6, 2016 at Canisius
College in Buffalo, NY.

Presented paper entitled "To
assist "their little brothers and sisters of the Belgian nation": The American Catholic Response to Benedict
XV's Appeal for Belgian Children" on January 7, 2016 at the joint meeting of
the American Catholic Historical Association/American Catholic Historical
Association in Atlanta, GA.

Chaired panel entitled
"Transatlantic Catholicism in the Nineteenth Century" at the joint meeting of
the American Catholic Historical Association/American Catholic Historical
Association on January 10, 2016 in Atlanta, GA.

Presented
paper titled " '...there are others we
should dislike more.': The
Vatican-British conflict over Maltese episcopal appointments, 1936-1943" on January 2, 2014, at the American
Catholic Historical Association conference in Washington, D.C.

Chaired a panel and offered
comments on Catholicism in Western New York at the spring meeting of the
American Catholic Historical Association, which met from April 4-6, 2013 at
Stonehill College in Massachusetts.

"Vatican II at Fifty: Historical Background," Vatican II Symposium
at Christ the King Seminary on October 23, 2012.

Chaired a panel entitled
"Recent 18th and 19th Century Research," at a joint
meeting of the American Catholic Historical Association/Canadian Catholic
Historical Association in Toronto on April 16, 2011.

Presented paper entitled "Across the Battle Lines: The Vatican and Malta in World War II,
1940-43," at a joint meeting of the American Catholic Historical
Association/Canadian Catholic Historical Association in Toronto on April 15,
2011.

"Lion of God: John Timon, C.M., The First Bishop of Buffalo,"
DeAndreis-Rosati Lecture, sponsored by Office of Mission and Values at
DePaul
University (May 3, 2007).

"The Santa Marija Convoy: Faith and Endurance in War Time Malta, 1940-42," American Catholic Historical Association Spring Conference at
Marquette
University (March 30, 2007).